The crowd stared at the colossal creature before them.
While somewhat surprised, they weren't terrified. After all, they had witnessed the Azure Dragon, vastly larger than this giant python, and in its presence, what was this serpent?
The black-scaled python was immensely thick, coiled atop the mountain peak, flicking its foul-smelling tongue, its gaze cold and devoid of emotion as it fixed upon the human base.
Clearly, its target was the human base.
And at this moment,
The zombies near the volcano also noticed the giant python.
As zombies, they were interested in all life forms other than zombies, so they immediately launched an attack on the black-scaled giant python.
Boom!
The black-scaled python opened its maw and spewed a massive fireball, incredibly powerful. Many rocks in its path were burned and melted!
With a single strike, many zombies were killed on the spot.
However, its target was never the zombies. Their flesh wasn't particularly tasty, and eating too much could lead to mutations.
Its true targets were always other mutated beasts and humans.
[I thought all humans in the outer world were dead? I didn't expect so many to be alive here?]
[My luck is truly good. Humans in the inner world are almost extinct. I thought I might never get to taste human flesh again, but unexpectedly, I've encountered so many here!]
After repelling the zombies with a single strike, the giant python's eyes glowed green, and it decisively lunged towards the base.
"Its target is us!" Zhao Qingxuan said with a deep voice.
"An SSS-grade legendary fire-elemental mutated beast. Interesting. Let me have a go at it!" Zhou Yiming drew his butcher knife, eager to fight.
Rumble!!!
The giant python moved its massive body, diving from the mountain peak straight towards the base.
"Leave one alive. We need to ask it if there are any other levels beyond legendary, and ideally, get our hands on the method of advancement!" Wang Luo urged.
"You got it!" Zhou Yiming drew his butcher knife and leaped fiercely from the city wall, shouting, he charged towards the giant python.
[Insolent humans, daring to attack me? Today I will devour you!]
The giant python hissed, its enormous mouth snapping open wide, its raised head tilting back as it lunged to bite Zhou Yiming.
"Slash!"
With a wave of his hand, Zhou Yiming unleashed a terrifying golden slash towards the giant python's head, instantly striking its open maw.
"Hiss!"
The giant python cried out in pain, its head twisting.
Zhou Yiming seized the opportunity, landing on its head.
His butcher knife pulsed with golden light.
With a single thrust, he plunged it directly into the giant python's skull. The stab hurt the serpent so much that it thrashed violently, nearly shaking Zhou Yiming off its head.
Fortunately, he held on tightly to the butcher knife embedded in its skull, preventing himself from falling.
"This is an SSS-grade transcendent weapon, I can't let you take it!" Zhou Yiming abruptly pulled out the butcher knife, then leaped from the python's head, landing decisively on a nearby mountain peak.
Enraged, the giant python's massive tail instantly ignited with crimson flames. It swung its tail towards Zhou Yiming on the mountain peak.
With a deafening roar,
The entire mountain peak instantly shattered.
"That giant python has immense strength!" The surrounding crowd was all astonished.
"It's an SSS-grade mutated beast, so such terrifying strength is normal!" Yang Chufeng said calmly.
The two continued their fierce battle.
One was an SSS-grade fire-elemental mutated beast, the other an SSS-grade metal-elemental human. With their levels equal, the fight was surprisingly evenly matched!
Not long after,
The zombies gathered again.
However, compared to the SSS-grade awakened ones and mutated beasts, these zombies were like cannon fodder.
But they relied on their sheer numbers to be annoying!
"Strange, that giant python doesn't seem to want to harm too many zombies?" Liu Qi suddenly remarked.
Only then did everyone notice that apart from the initial massive fireball that killed some zombies, the giant python had rarely affected zombies during their subsequent attacks.
It seemed to be deliberately avoiding them, not wanting to engage.
Wang Luo also noticed this,
But he didn't understand the reason.
The sounds of intense combat erupted, Zhou Yiming's golden slashes clashing continuously with the giant python.
With a loud boom,
Zhou Yiming was instantly sent flying by the giant python's tail, crashing into a mountain, creating a gaping hole in its side, and causing a massive landslide.
The giant python let out a triumphant hiss,
Its ferocious head revealed a sinister smile, and then it plunged directly into the hole Zhou Yiming had created. It was eager to feast on that human!
[A legendary-level awakened one must taste wonderful!]
The giant python thought to itself.
It hadn't even tasted human delicacy underground!
"Golden Light Annihilation Slash!"
Suddenly, a golden light bloomed from the mountain's hollow and rapidly expanded, slashing with destructive force towards the giant python's head as it lunged in.
At the same time,
Seeing that one of the human's main combatants was occupied by the mutated beast, the zombies immediately launched another fierce assault on the base.
For a time, the roars of the zombie-human battles, and the human-mutated beast battles, mingled together, creating a lively scene.
Not long after,
The giant python was captured alive by Zhou Yiming. Half of its head had been sliced off by his blade, leaving it a horrific sight!
"Monkey Brother, communicate with it. Ask if there are any other levels beyond legendary!" Wang Luo said to the golden-haired monkey that had already been waiting there.
The latter nodded and began to inquire.
There was no other way.
Monkey Brother was the only literate mutated beast in the base. When other mutated beasts wanted to convey messages, Monkey Brother was responsible for relaying them.
A moment later, Monkey Brother wrote on the ground: "The giant python says that beyond Legendary is God!"
"God?"
Everyone's breath hitched.
A single sentence resolved everyone's confusion. There were indeed other levels beyond Legendary.
Then Monkey Brother wrote again: "According to the giant python, within God, there are further divisions from One Tribulation God to Nine Tribulation God. Gods of One to Three Tribulations are called Void Gods, Four to Six Tribulations are called True Gods, and Seven to Nine Tribulations are called Heavenly Gods!"
Everyone's hearts pounded with excitement.
This was explosive news for all of them!
Even Wang Luo was no exception.
In his previous life, he had never known this information.
At that time, the relationship between humans and mutated beasts was not good. Even when they encountered mutated beasts emerging from the underground, they couldn't communicate. Thus, people could only venture into the mist rifts to seek opportunities for advancement.
"Quick, ask it how to improve!" Zhao Qingxuan urged anxiously.
This was crucial!
They were currently stuck at this step.
If they knew the method, they could continue to advance.
"The giant python says that if it tells us, it hopes we will spare its life!" Monkey Brother wrote again.
"What? You dare to bargain with us? If you keep dilly-dallying, do you believe I'll chop you up and make snake soup right now?" Zhou Yiming's eyes widened, and he swiftly drew his butcher knife from his waist, holding it to the giant python's throat and demanding fiercely, "Are you going to talk or not?"